Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©
While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.
(Matthew 9:18-19 (NIV))
What faith this man had! Even when, according to all human knowledge, he had no hope for his daughter, he stepped out in faith. Some people say that he took that step of faith because he had no other options and that he was desperate.
Desperate times call for desperate measures!
Would you have a need to take such a step of faith if there was no pressing circumstance that gave you no other option? Would you take that option or would you simply give up and accept what the world says must happen?
What if this man had not gone to Jesus?
What if this man had not boldly approached the Son of God with the faith that Jesus could give him what he longed for? What if he simply gave up and accepted the fact that his daughter was dead?
Instead of rejoicing, there would be mourning. Instead of grace, there would be grief. Instead of life, there would be death.
Isn’t it in our desperation that we reach out to God?
Desperation!
The loss of all hope!
I love the way that God works. When we lose all worldly hope, we have the hope that overcomes the world. This hope comes from faith, and faith from knowing that Jesus is the Son of God.
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
(Hebrews 11:1 (NIV))
This man had faith. Can we claim to have such faith?
Copyright 1998 – 2015 Dennis J. Smock
Daily Living Ministries, Inc.
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